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What If You Make A Terrible Mistake?

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Channel: Damon Cart NLP · 2016 · People & Blogs

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Would the world collapse on you?

Probably not. There are few mistakes we can make that would have a lasting effect on our lives. If you've made it this far in life you're probably pretty good at not making stupid mistakes that would ruin you forever.

We marvel at how quickly children learn (at least I do). My daughter was only about five when I got my first iPhone. I handed it to her and she immediately figured out how to do things with it I still haven't figured out yet years later.

Why?

Children aren't afraid of making mistakes.

Then we program into them as parents and teachers that it's bad to make a mistake and it should be avoided at all costs (which is really about our fears and issues). By the time we're adults our focus is avoiding mistakes rather than taking calculated risks to get what we want.

So what if you made a terrible mistake? Is there something you would like to do but fear of making a mistake prevents you? Like going back to school? Quitting school? Starting your own business? Taking a trip?

What's the worst that can happen? Probably nothing you couldn't fix and you would learn more by not getting what you want than if you did.

Explore worst case scenarios. Take something you want to do but won't because you fear making a mistake and write out all the worst things that can happen. Then ask yourself would it ruin your life or might you be better off having made the attempt and failed rather than never attempting it all?

The people who succeed the most often are the people who have failed the most.

I'm not suggesting running out and taking risks without looking into what you might be getting yourself into. Quite the opposite. Get familiar with the worst case scenario and plan for it, also known as downside planning.

We often pay a much higher price for what we don't do rather than for the mistakes we make.

If you followed my story of meeting Steve Andreas and learning the self-concept model, you know that when Steve told me to teach Transforming Your Self, I told him no. I was afraid. 

To think now the richness, both in money and experience, I would have missed out on had I not changed my mind and decided to teach it is frightening. 

Focus on the outcome you want of course, have backup plans, and most importantly pull the trigger!

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